Application Security Architect

Position Responsibilities:
•         Work with IT project community and advise on application security standard controls and best practices.
•         Work closely with other IT operation groups for identifying and remediation of systems with security issues.
•         Should have practical implementation knowledge to advise IT development and implementation teams on how to fix potential vulnerabilities.
•         Advise senior management including business sponsors on Security risks and should be able to translate security risks to business impact.
•         Review application, database and network architecture and highlight risks.
•         Onboard applications into the existing Security frameworks and participate in an advisory capacity until project deployment.
Position Qualifications:
Candidate Background
•         1-3 years professional experience as an Application Developer.
•         8-10 years of professional experience in an information security function for a financial, insurance, pharmaceutical, or similar commercial industry preferred.
•         Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred.

Required Skills
•         Perform Risk assessments for applications and underlying systems and recommend security requirements based on upstream Business requirements.
•         Should have knowledge on Network and Infrastructure architecture.
•         Ability to review and understand organizational security policies and incorporate into standard processes in a project.
•         Expert understanding of HTTP, HTTPS, and other application layer protocols.
•         Expert understanding of network layer protocols & industry best practices.
•         Demonstrated proficiency in developing secure solutions developed using common development frameworks (J2EE, .NET, Spring, Struts, Hibernate, etc) and languages (Java, C#, C++, etc)
•         Actively contributes to strategic security departmental planning in alignment with architectural goals.
•         Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
•         Excellent written, verbal communication & presentation skills.
•         Should be able to work as a team player.

Kushal kumar

Direct.No: 201-932-1539